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108 LIFE OF PAUL . shouldbearwithyou. But ifitbea questionof wordsand names,and ofyour law,lookye to itforI willbe no judgeofsuchmatters. And he drovethemfromthejudgment-seat." The decidedcourseof Gallioopenedtheeyesof the clamorous crowd who had been abettingthe Jews. For the firsttimeduringPaul'slaborsin Europe,themob turnedon thesideoftheminister oftruth; and,undertheveryeyeoftheproconsul, and withoutinterferencefromhim,the peopleviolentlybesetthe most prominentaccusersof theapostle. " Then allthe Greeks took Sosthenes, the chiefrulerof the synagogue, and beat him beforethejudgment-seat. And Galliocaredfor none ofthosethings." Galliowas a man ofintegrity,and wouldnotbecome thedupe of thejealousand intriguingJews. UnlikePilate, he refusedto do injusticeto one whom he knew to be an innocent man . The Jewishreligionwas undertheprotectionoftheRoman power; and the accusersof Paul thoughtthatif theycouldfastenupon him thechargeof violating the lawsof theirreligion, he would probablybe givenintotheirhandsforsuchpunishmentasthey saw fittoinflict. They hopedthustocompasshis death . Both Greeks and Jews had waitedeagerlyfor the decisionof Gallio; and hisimmediate dismissal ofthecase,as one thathad no bearingupon the publicinterest,was thesignalforthe Jews to retire,baffledand enraged,and forthemob to assail therulerofthesynagogue. Even the ignorant rabblecouldbutperceivetheunjustand vindictive spiritwhichtheJews displayedin theirattackupon Paul. Thus Christanityobtaineda signalvictory. Iftheapostlehad beendrivenfrom Corinth